Season 2, Episode 5: Behind every summer is a community that keeps Fire Island alive. This episode explores the history of the beloved Pines Pantry through the eyes of its iconic Pantry Girls, alongside the volunteer firefighters of The Pines and Cherry Grove who protect the island from fires, hurricanes, beach erosion, and an uncertain future.
Photos: Paradise Factory Premieres WORKPLACE INJURIES
WORKPLACE INJURIES runs through June 8.
Paradise Factory is presenting WORKPLACE INJURIES, the World Premiere of three one-act plays by Eric Maierson, Joan Mathieu and Grant James Varjas. Check out photos from the show.
WORKPLACE INJURIES is:
• BOOKSTORE. It's just before closing time at a bookstore in Beacon, New York, when one last customer arrives to challenge the store's owner.
• THAT PICTURE OF YOU. A college professor faces a reckoning.
• DIET COKE FOR THE DEAD. Two park rangers spend the night watching over the body of a hiker who has fallen to his death.
WORKPLACE INJURIES stars Sean Patrick Folster and Katie Moore in Eric Maierson’s THAT PICTURE OF YOU (directed by Sean Patrick Folster), Monique Vukovic and Ken Forman in Joan Mathieu’s DIET COKE FOR THE DEAD (directed by Howard Fishman), and Chase McCloud and Joan Mathieu in Grant James Varjas’ BOOKSTORE (directed by Chuck Blasius).
WORKPLACE INJURIES runs through June 8, Thursday thru Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm. Paradise Factory is located at 64 E. 4th St., NYC (between Bowery and 2nd Ave.) For tickets and info, visit www.paradisefactory.org
Photo Credit: Bob Sacha

Sean Patrick Folster and Katie Moore

Sean Patrick Folster and Katie Moore

Ken Forman and Monique Vukovic

Ken Forman and Monique Vukovic

Chase McCloud and Joan Mathieu

Chase McCloud and Joan Mathieu
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